Self Sacrifice in Ancient India
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
09/01/23
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Today we’re looking into self sacrifice in ancient India. Why did people do it? How did people think about death and the afterlife? Who were the gods people would sacrifice themselves for? And why would a widow sacrifice herself by sitting on top of her dead husband's funeral pyre?
Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with Mary Storm to find out all about it.
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History of Sex For Sale
August 29, 2023
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Many people claim sex work to be the oldest profession, but we can likely put that down to being midwifery or medical professionals of some sort.
However, since money has changed hands, it has also done so for sex.
In today's episode of Betwixt the Sheets we're going back to a conversation I had with Dan Snow on Dan Snow's History Hit,
How have attitudes to those who sell sex changed through history? What might you find in a Roman brothel? And were the Victorians really as prudish as we think them to be?
This podcast was edited by Dougal Patmore and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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Bestiality
September 5, 2023
•39m
When sex between two humans can be many things, how do we define bestiality - that is, sex between a human and a non-human?
Especially when the farming industry relies on certain sex acts on animals - or ‘animal husbandry’ to use the correct term - to function.
These are an uncomfortable but important question, and we’re joined by academic Joanne Bourke, author of Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love, to discuss these topics and more.
This podcast was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer is Charlotte Long.
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